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ArticleSaudi medical journal2015

The effect of the Malaysian Food Guideline guidance on a group of overweight and obese women during Ramadan.

Ismail Suriani, Khadijah Shamsuddin, Khalib Abdul Latif, Hazizi A Saad

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ismail SurianiDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia. E-mail. si_suriani@upm.edu.my.
Khadijah Shamsuddin
Khalib Abdul Latif
Hazizi A Saad
National University of Malaysia · MYUniversiti Putra Malaysia · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the effect of imparting knowledge of the Malaysian Food Guideline (MFG) on a group of overweight and obese women during Ramadan.

methodsThis intervention study was conducted during the months of Ramadan 2011. A group of 84 Malay Muslim women with a body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2 were recruited. Prior to Ramadan, the respondents were educated regarding MFG, and how to monitor and record their daily food intake in a food diary. Their quantity of food intake, BMI, blood pressure (BP), blood lipid profile, and fasting blood sugar (FBS) were measured before Ramadan as a baseline. Their quantity of food intake was then measured again in the third week, whereas their BMI, BP, blood lipid profile, and FBS were determined on the fourth week of Ramadan.

resultsAt baseline, compared with the MFG recommendations, the intake of protein (107.5%), and milk and dairy products (133%) was higher, whereas the intake of carbohydrates (78.5%), and vegetables and fruits (44.4%) was lower. During Ramadan, carbohydrate intake, BMI, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL)-C (all p=0.000), triglyceride (p=0.005), and FBS (p=0.002) were reduced, but the TC/HDL-C ratio was increased (p=0.000).

conclusionA month-long Ramadan fast guided by the knowledge of MFG resulted in certain positive changes in this group of respondents. These changes can be a good start for health improvement, provided that they are followed-up after Ramadan.

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FastingIslamAdultBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexDiet RecordsFemaleGuidelines as TopicHumansLipidsMalaysiaMiddle AgedObesityOverweightBlood GlucoseLipids

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